Bottle-capping machine.



J. E. RESEL BOTTLE GAPPING MACHINE.

APPLIUATIOH FILED 00:. a1, 1911.

Patented Aug. 26, 1913.

WITNESSES U STATES PATENT OFFICE. i I I JOHN-H; iikfi fifi vil ikimau;meme: comiiuninf nea fimnmre MACHINE.

1,071,262. 3 I fi i mm. PatentedAug,26,1913.

' Afifiiifidfi meme? 51-, 1-511; emu No. 1,101.

I all whom it may cone-em." w i I The plunger head is provided 55vertical centruljseetioniami n Be it known-that L'JOHN ieeing 'of-hardrubber, lelther, comdent of Vushington; inthe Di t '6f;-fl6'pthersiightly'yieldable material st :1 I lumbia, have inventetl'a newand usefillf provement;.in 'Bottle-Capping p' f'aieh'" es O f; Q

which 'the following .is-zi speci'fica-ti 66Thisinvention-relatesto=ib6tt app ina chines 'and apanticulm-l gm ma r3devices; for sealingwmilko and u. he bott, jars and the-like, by-insertin'gidis ks or 'the' like'into themouths'fther of;

The object; the'in venti I. the construction'ope sujchf 'mja, chines" inorder to "r'endeifl the sqme i'eliiab l easy to operate; and eapnble of:cnppi I ties while] in crates-so asj noh tOi' neqieSfS the removal;'dfgihubottltasitherefirtnn; particularly] to insert. in the "mouths L 0e botles e'apsor dieks' p'rovid d-.with.- integml ta r I am:awarethat:machinesvhzwehg'etofor been used for putting,-,lain'rxroundficapstor disks,in bot'tles; but 'I" iiielieve'mys'elf I thetimbre-devise ainmchine gfoimisert'n-g I into bot-tles -vzi'ps of-disks;provided ith (With-aiprojeetioflfitoaccommodate the tabs integraltabs which re; mmed 4011 h disks-1 1.5,"and-being. adapted .to be whenthc'cnp is insertedih t-hezinolithi I I 1 'nt i thet-jma ga'zinereceiver or base bottle und senve usmeans'foivrembving-ithe"" inr'ifilldCondition 5 and' whenempty to be cav I. tinia'freshlyl-filledtubesubstituted The invention comprises the constru'cltiqnTheimaga'zine'bnseis open on one arrangement and combination ofil iagiheypurpOse ofxgiving"resiliency Y- dvalsoj'toflpermit of'the passnge ofI inafter-de'scribed,and claimedfl I I I thedisks. ZThemagazineslQ aie vper board, she'et-1metalfmother is a perspective view of a c'a'ppin In;embodying my invention Fig 2 as e Muppermost disk .in' the .magnzine eisks:toffeed,pr0perly,

(ed-immediately below 'the magazine basefisflt'he etahle 160f-tl1e"nia-* li'iszis ii'ormed of a bottom-plate 17- la te18(whicharesepzirated' bypreferablyiof the same. thickness .tofoirm-a.:guidewaylbetween'. 11( i= -hot}tom;plate's for the-ieci 'n'm' jgsn QI QO-Whi'ch carriesthezdisks from 3mg erneuth:.fthewnnngazineton Position uninenthflth plunger 3 and-gave the sleeve '8. his lideis in th'efformkofa plate provided th anz-igpeninglofwsnehi size as'to neatly eithe-(liskshown in Fig. 6. The lint the tableisptovided wilh u shaped'.opening"'i'egiste;'ing with 03:8, iwhilewthe top-plate 18 (if sairlble "is 'm'ovided wifha similarly sham-(L "ic th necks of'the botell, Vmguf-h -1fnmy.-be 'iin'ed .with' :ialpof the same ,haracte'nhs'the[icing-7 and; for the =isame 'rason, but this tunei [nonessential-and Imay dispense 70 h theiistandzirds or uprights 1 ine'teeeivler 61"base-9'10 which. is ,of a tubular form,:f-beingf open on one d geshtQll. 1his -is adapted to receive 75 the I In: gu'zin'e12;-;c0ntaining:;the --paper '0!" theriiiil1ks,* 4 Ihfniagazine'is; ofgeneral ubnlargforimzibeingprovided on one; edge out elevation thereofFig; :3" n section on the'line33Q']Fig' a plan-viewof'the'fedingslid v.detail view of-"the' can u ndyge up Fig. 6 is a view'of nnelofgth a andFi. '7 is a'detail i'i e wof :i; sp x7ing. I The frame work ofth'efmachin aveflbef vul'ieusly ('onstz uete(l. f As shown; I portion of the.frame is'fol il ned nsjai ca 1 i or stmnping and comprisesskieipiecesvo'rights 1 joinedatjtheilguppei' ends y:;-; tl cross bar '2 undjfur'thei-"clown by-finathe cross barf sa'iii cross bfll'S-blil;'ypl( {idQd withsuitable openings to? 'reeeiwing an guiding theplungeri The latter, q p;two vertil'al zml's 1ea'l'rying'at;theif'JQy 1".- onds the'ph nger hezulordisk 5ifantl at theinj upper ends having secured thei'eto' ike "tilopening underneath the magazine so that the disks provided with integraltabs can drop from the magazine into the open ng in the slide. Theopening in the slide is such a distance from the end thereof that whenthe slide is fully retracted said end is underneath and supports thedisks in the magazine. The'actuating means for the shde is attached toits other end.

Secured to the slide is the horizontal bar 21 provided on its top withrack teeth. This rack .bar is engaged by a. toothed gear segment 22which is mounted at 23 between arms 24 projecting from the top cross bar2 'close progrimity to the ticall metrical with reference to the plungerbut, projects more to one sidethan to the other.- This is for'thepurpose of cnablin" it to clear the magazine which is plac in It as isdesirable, so that t e disks need not be moved any great distance. Theshape of this handle is such that the machine p110- balances whensuspended by the hand e.

In the use of the device a tube 12, filled with the paper disks isinserted in the m 1 'azine receiver or base 10. The machine then moveddownwardly over the bottlli plunger as possibly,"

of the frame. To prevent the rack bar 21 from springing downwardly Whereit is engaged by the gear segment, it is supported by a small roller 25supported by pro]e ctio-ns 26 from the lower cross bar 3 of the frame.The gear segment 22 is provided with a slot having an upper cam portion27 and a substantially straight portion 28-,

with a quick movement until the neck of bottle 38; projects into theflaring end 9 (Ifv thesleeve 8. The impact of the machilpr; with thebottle causes the roller 29 to ride down the cam portion 27.0f the slotin the I cam segment 22, thereby impa'rtin the full movement t0.the camsegment an thro the rack bar drawing theslide fully becka gagedwith thecam portion 27 of the slotin which slot is engagedfby a roller \29carried by arms 30 secured to ablock 31 adplstably mounted on theplunger rods hand held thereon by screws The cam slot is so' shaped thatupon a slight depression of the plunger the gear segment is given itsfull throw to positively move the slide 20 to carry a disk fromunderneath the magazine to a position underneath the plunger, and thenremains stationary during the further downward movement of the plunger.The

roller 29 is for the purpose of reducing friction, andis not absolutelynecessary, as a pin engaging the cam would produce the same movement. Toretract the slide 20 for the purpose of feeding another disk or tab aspring 33 is provided having coils 34 mountcd upon the oppositeprojecting ends of the pivot of segment 22. These coils are connected bya downwardly projecting loop 35 which passes through the'opening 36 insegment 22 and presses against the straight portion 28 thereof. Thefrceends 37 of the spring 33 are each bent upwardly and are fastened orconnected to the arms 24, preferably by seating them in sockets therein.

it. will be noted that by the construction just. described the spring 33has a constant tendency to retract the slide 20 through the segment .22.At the same time it exerts force upon the handle 6 and rods 4 tending tomove themlongitudinally or vertically only at such times as the roller29 is enthe segment. \Nhenever the roller 29 is engiaged with thestraight pprtion 28 of the s ot, the handle, rods and disk 5 are freesliding and may be moved without resistance from the pring. I I

ihe handle (3 is of loop form, as shown, so that not only can theplunger be conven iently depressed, but the whole machine can be carriedthereby. This hand-lo ishot symagainstthe action of spring1 33.50 as tocarry a diskfrom underneath t e magazine to a" position underneath theplunger. During]. f

the further downward movement of the plunger the roller 29 moves downthe.- straight portion 28 of the cam slot in the; gear segment and hencecauses no further movement of the. slide. By reason of peculiararrangement of spring 33 the plunge'r at this time is free sl ding andno particular exertion is necessary to lower it. In

fact the weight of the head, rods and disk is of itself almostsufficient to cause the plumger to drop. The plungeris now fullydepressed and presses the pa )er disk down into.

the neck of the bottle am turns the tabu a engages with the cam portion27 oflheslot}; when thespring returns the cam segment,},. .6

. l 'u'ingli wardly, as will be readily understood; handle is nextlifted until the roller,v

and slideto the original position. the first portion of the upwardmovement of the plunger the slot holds the slide stutionary until theplunger head. clears the feed slide, and at the uppermost portion of;the movenient the cam .and spring return the slide to position. to.bringthe opening thereinunderneath the'llmgazine to receive a new cap.tle to bottle and the operation repeated at each bottle. This operationcan he very quickly effected and a large number of hottles can be cappedby an operator in a short period of -time. The sleeve 8 is of suchlength that the device can be applied to bot tles while in crates andwithout the necessity of removing the same from the crate. Usually theedges of the crate project somewhat above the tops of the bottles, sothat the bottles next to the alls of the crate are not accessible by afiat ittomed capping device. The sleeve 8, however, is of such lengththat the bottles at the walls of the no 11- i The device is carried fromhob. I

adjuetahilit-v of the block 31 and roller 29' longitudinally of the rods4, his )OSSlblB to so arrange the parts that the he'a 5 may be caused topro eCt downwardly below the slide various distances at the timefithe;roller 29 seats in the lower end of the slot crate can be cap ed asreadil as those farther in. This s eeve not on y permits the table ofthe machine to lie, above the top edged the crate, but also centers themasaid plunger, a slide adapted to .transf er bottle. caps from themagazine to afp'osition underneath the plunger, a rack conneotedftofchine on the bottle.

It will be observed that by reasonvof the 28. Different makes or sizesof milk bottles, especially in different localities, vary slightlyinextern'al diameter at the mouth. The caps consequently I eat pointsvertically in the flaring of hell.

mouth '9. -The adjustment referred to furnishes a convenientarrangementfor-caus-' ing the plunger to move down tofproperj seating position forsuch difi'erei' t sizes ofbottles.

Th device described is of simple construction and very easy to operate.The

movements are all positive'and the device ran be'nsed without fatiguingthe user,.th"e' shape of the handle being suchesto not-i only prm'idoeli'eetive means foldepressing the plunger, but also for liftingthefentii'e' machine from one-bottle tothe other.

While I have described a machine for in sorting an integral tab', tap-ordisk,-I do not i wish to he (unlined to theparticular"show;

mg of my invention made in the drawingshereof, as it'is evident thatother means can be employed, such as 'the inaehine, being madeinmultiples and operated by foot-or othni" power; also in place oftlie'nmi hine being lifted, the plunger can lie-operated with the sameresult, without departing from the spirit of the invention,

One of the raps or disks fed by thorn-0s; out nnu'hlne is shown In Fig.6 andx-olnr' prises a body portion of regular contour, shown as round or(ll'('llittl', i'ron'i oneside of which pl'fljltlh an integral tab 14,.As

' thoround head 5 ni -lilo p'ln'ngouff orces each rap to its seat inthel ottl o',.ft| e tah -M' is lient up'u'ardlyor int'o aposi'tio'n'llfil'llllll to the body of the cap in" an olwious'nnilin -r.

may seat at'ditierwhen claim isz T 1. In a bottle, capping machine,thecom- I;

mounted therein, "a magazine' adjacent to sition underneath theplunger,and a spring elngaging the. segment for retracting the $1 e. w a afreely sliding plunger mountedIt-her'ein, a magazine adjacent:to saidplunger, a slide adapted to transfer, bottle caps from the magazine to apositionbenenth the an'operating' member between the -s .binat-ion of aframe, a plunger movably" so ment of the plunger moves the slide totranss 7 l fer abottle-cap'from the magazine -to=a.p0-'

- a 2; In a bot-tle capping mach'ineathe-Jcom bination of a frame, avertically movable 'plnnger so'constructed anduarranged :that

during thefirst. portion of the" downward movement of'the'plunger acapi'smoved by said slide into posit-ion beneath said plunger nected tothe slide for retracting "the .slide win-lithe l 1l'nng er is raised.

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one directim and eonnertimis bet ween .said

' Tn testilnony'whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, .v 7 I a a JOHNHyRESE. 4 ,lvitnesscsg I i' and that movement of the slide is prevented.(luring: further movement of thepli'lnger, and a spring on the frameoperatively coir.

vottleeapping machine, the oomhination of a frame, afreelyvslidingjplunger inovahly mounted therein, a magaz'ine-adja- 'cont tosa-idplunger, a slide adapted totransfer bottle caps from the magazine toa'positio'n inlinewith the plnnger, an oscil- -l atingi memher 'lnwing aspringfconnected v '1 thereto and arranged to more said slide iri- 9.0"Jinember and the plunger, whereby the plunger controls the movei'nentof-the slide,

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